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May 31, 2013, 9:40 AM

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Kyle Wagner / Gizmodo:
Nokia Lumia 928 Review: Flawed Beauty, Best Camera  —  The nicest thing you can say about any gadget is that it changed the way you use that type of gear for the better.  The 928 did that for me with smartphone cameras.  It will for you, too, probably.  It's just a shame that the phone …
James Niccolai / PC World:
Computer scientists oppose Oracle's bid to copyright Java APIs  —  Nearly three dozen computer scientists have signed off on a court brief opposing Oracle's effort to copyright its Java APIs, a move they say would hold back the computer industry and deny affordable technology to end users.
Cade Metz / Wired:
Ex-YouTube Man Builds Graphics Card for Entire Internet  —  At Google, Chris Zacharias spent his “20 percent time” building a new version of YouTube just for places with slow internet connections.  It was called Feather, and the basic idea was to build a YouTube page that contained …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Fan TV revealed: is this the set-top box we've been waiting for?  —  Built in secret, Fanhattan is finally showing off its Yves Behar-designed device to the world.  —  In June 2011, a Silicon Valley startup released a well received iOS app named Fanhattan to serve as a central place for finding streaming video.
Sayantani Ghosh / Reuters:
Dell urges shareholders to vote for CEO's offer  —  (Reuters) - Dell Inc urged shareholders on Friday to vote for the $24.4 billion buyout offer led by founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell at a special meeting on July 18, saying the bid was superior to other strategic options.
More: ValueWalk
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Twitter Prepping Ad-Retargeting Exchange to Rival Facebook's  —  FBX Partners, Brands To Hold Seats On Retargeting Platform  —  Facebook waited until after its public offering to go after the digital ad dollars tied up in display retargeting with last summer's launch of Facebook Exchange (FBX).
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
Global deal to eliminate tech product duty fast approaching  —  Summary: According to U.S. tech firms, a deal between nations worldwide to eliminate duty on new tech products is on the horizon.  —  Charlie Osborne  —  A deal between China, Europe, the U.S. and a dozen other countries …
More: Reuters
Charlie / GreatFire.org:
Sina testing subtle censorship ahead of Tiananmen anniversary  —  What happened?  —  On May 31, 2013 at 7am, we observed that searching for keywords that are normally blocked, for example, "" (June 4th incident), surprisingly returned some results and no censorship notice.
Clare Jim / Reuters:
Hon Hai sets up display R&D company in Japan  —  (Reuters) - Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, said it set up a research and development company in Japan for displays and touch panels, its latest effort to strengthen its display business.  —  The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer …
More: CNET and ZDNet
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple drops education pricing on entry level MacBook Pro to $999 ($200 off retail)  —  Apple is making quite a few quiet announcements today.  Earlier it introduced a new stripped down $229 fifth-gen iPod touch to replace the fourth-gen touch and also announced 100M iPod touches sold to date.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tumblr Brings More Ads To Users' Dashboards, Rearranges Buttons & Teens Freak Out  —  A month after Tumblr introduced sponsored posts into its native mobile applications, the company is today bringing those same brand advertisements to its web dashboard.  Launch partners for these new …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google adds nutrition info for over 1,000 foods to search results  —  Google is incorporating nutrition data into search; beginning today, results will include “extensive” details on calories, carbohydrates, proteins, sugars, and other relevant food info.  “Figuring out how to make smart choices …

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